With time running out, McGowan pulled into the water, did his burnout, and heated his tires. He staged, and as the lights came down, he brought up the revs. On green, he dropped the clutch and nailed the throttle. Three clean powershifts later, he sailed through the lights. The scoreboard read 11.253 at 123.40.
We had a winner.
This may have been the closest shootout we've ever had at MM&FF. Did we prove who had the better blower? No, of course not. At the end, neither driver had extracted the maximum potential from his machine. Had Burcham been able to powershift, he probably could have lowered his e.t.s by two-tenths. Had McGowan been able to replace his belt and route it properly, he may have gone 10s.
Ultimately, what we showed was that you can't go wrong with either supercharger on a Three-Valve Mustang. They both made mad horsepower (refer to the dyno graphs), offer excellent driveability, and can turn a stock Stang into a supercar.
 When two cars turned out to...  When two cars turned out to be no-shows, a third couldn't be powershifted, and the fourth threw an unobtainable serpentine belt, Editor Campistango tried to make good use of the wasted part. |  Anthony Stoval's Procharger...  Anthony Stoval's Procharger Dyno Sheet |  John McGowan's Kenne Bell...  John McGowan's Kenne Bell Dyno Sheet |
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